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THE Cheese from Alsace: Munster
If you Google “Alsace cheese” or something along those lines, one name comes up repeatedly: Munster. Browsing the cheese displays of most French supermarkets will yield the same results. Considering...
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Worthwhile French Beers: Strasbourg Edition
Like I mentioned last week, Nick and I spent a weekend in Strasbourg, the largest city in Alsace. Alsace is France’s most important beer-producing region, and by “important” I mean that in terms of...
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When in Alsace…
You absolutely MUST eat in at least one winstub. This should not be a problem, given the sheer preponderance of them in the towns of the region. I think we would have been hard pressed to eat three...
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Salon Mer & Vigne et Gastronomie
Yesterday, Nick and I went to the Salon Mer & Vigne et Gastronomie. Longtime readers may remember the write-ups I did on it last year, but for those of you who are interested, they were Three....
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Exploring France: Bretagne: Lait Ribot
Remember the buttermilk problem I was having? (The one where I couldn’t find it despite the fact that it was right under my nose?) It seems to be worse than I thought. It turns out that there exists...
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Poireaux Vinaigrette
This is one of those ultra-complicated Classic French recipes. I kid, leeks vinaigrette are every bit as uncomplicated as they sound. Two ingredients: leeks, vinaigrette. (Please, trim, halve, and...
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Bienvenue en Normandie
As it turned out, I got a three-day “weekend” for Bastille Day. I put “weekend” in quotes because the three days were Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. But no matter. I found this out on Saturday, and...
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Worthwhile French Beers: La Mandubienne Blonde
This is pretty much the last post I expected to write in Burgundy Month. But yes, Nick and I did stumble across a locally made beer while in Dijon. When we go on these weekend jaunts, I research the...
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Worthwhile French Beers: Thomas Beckett Bière de Noël
As Calvin’s Dad once said, “I think Santa would rather have a cold beer.” (Enjoy that link, by the way. Terribly distracting.) According to the brewer, the Thomas Beckett Brewery, which is based in...
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Fouquet
France is full of things that make foreigners (and the French, too) complain. The ample vacation time is not one of them. I’ve been on vacation for a couple of weeks now, and I have a couple more...
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Adventures in the Languedoc
This post is not about food. Mostly. At least most of my vacation pictures don’t feature food, in a vast departure from my normal routine of photographing my meals and pretty much nothing else. Not...
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Confessions of a Macaron Hater
Okay, it’s probably never been anything as strong as hate. But “Confessions of a Macaron Ambivalent” isn’t as good a title, now is it? My general reaction to the macaron-mania of the last few years...
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Seasonal Cooking, Holiday Baking
Happy Boxing Day, everyone! I hope you’ve already had a lovely long weekend with family and friends, and that you’ll have a few more occasions to celebrate the end of this year, the Winter Solstice,...
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Colorova, and a New Project for 2013!
I can’t imagine what my life in Paris would be like without this blog. Not only do I owe the majority of my friendships (apart from Nick’s colleagues, that is) to it, but it’s also been responsible...
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Paris Pastry Crawl 2013: Éclairs: L’Éclair de Génie
Somehow January is already over. But éclair month is still going (I got a bit of a late start, and then my internet was down for ten days, so I figure I can borrow a few days from February). I think...
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Eleven Things, Eleven Questions
My dear – and now many-miles-distant – friend Melissa has tagged me with the Liebster Award, a fun, navel-gazing meme that’s been going around. To start, I’m supposed to share 11 things about myself. I...
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